Movie crews to film in downtown Rye

Movie crews will be filming in downtown Rye this Sunday and next – June 16 and 23 — for a production of Warner Brothers’ “This is Where I Leave You.”

No word on whether stars Jason Bateman or Tina Fey will be there. The movie, based on the novel by Jonathan Tropper, is about four siblings who reunite after their father’s death. The production also filmed in the parking lot at Congregation KTI in Port Chester last month, and borrowed a village fire truck for the day for a scene in the fictional town of “Elmbrook.”

About 100 to 150 people will be in town for the shoot, and will use Rye’s Car Park 4, which runs behind Purchase Street along Library Lane. (Click here for a map.)

Police sent out this advisory:

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A film production will be taking place in the City of Rye in the Central Business District and on Theodore Fremd Avenue on Sunday, June 16, 2013. The production company will be parking vehicles in Car Park 4, both sides of Purchase Street. and both sides of Theodore Fremd Avenue between Central Ave. and Orchard Ave. Filming will continue on the following Sunday, June 23, 2013 on Mead Place. Parking will be on both sides of the Mead Place and Car Park 4. There will be some traffic detours during filming, and parking may be congested. Please plan accordingly.

Leah Rae is a staff writer, blogger and photographer for The Journal News and LoHud.com, focusing on Port Chester and Rye. She has written about the growth of Westchester's immigrant population since joining the paper in 1994, and has reported from Ecuador and Guatemala on the hometowns of local immigrant communities.